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‘We the Citizens’ is an independent national initiative. We held 7 citizens' events around Ireland and a National Citizens' Assembly in 2011.

Ireland
Joined March 2011
Speech by @fmacconghail in Seanad today about Constitutional Convention announcement and findings of @wethecitizens wethecitizens.ie/news/articl…
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Some photos from the @wethecitizens report launch on Monday with an Tánaiste and citizens from the citizens' assembly: flickr.com/photos/wethecitiz…
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Article by @fmacconghail on why we need a new politics in Ireland – and how it might work. In @thejournal_ie : jrnl.ie/304591
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Alex White TD welcomes @wethecitizens report and asks how it could work with constitutional convention
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@faduda We used tried and tested political science methods re polls and question structure. Will get details from academic team in few mins.
@faduda We employed Ipsos/MBRI to get a representative sample of the population, as with any other reputable survey. #citizens
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Participants coming in. Seminar about to start. #citizens
@dfarrell_ucd presenting some of the results from Citizens Assembly project now. #citizens
Press conference about to begin. @fmacconghail giving introductory remarks. #citizens
We The Citizens, @wethecitizens is now trending in #Dublin trendsmap.com/ie/dublin – at Dublin City, Ireland
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@wethecitizens report "State assets: Should not be sold, or should be leased or licensed on a short-term basis" PDF ht.ly/7We7K
Interested to see results of @wethecitizens - launch this morning! wethecitizens.ie/
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@wethecitizens report "Transparency in local council accounts, and ring-fence local taxes for local expenditure" ht.ly/7We4B (PDF)
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@wethecitizens report highlights need for option to work part-time after 60 @fmacconghail @dfarrell_ucd @ElaineByrne @AnMailleach @JaneSuit
On way to @wethecitizens final project report launch. Keen to hear what Eamon Gilmore has to say about democratic reform promises @labour
Best wishes to all our friends @wethecitizens as they launch their final recommendations - we're looking forward to reading the results!